Master in Business for Architecture and Design - Faculty
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The faculty of the Master in Business for Architecture and Design includes a combination of academics from IE School of Architecture and Design, IE Business School and top practitioners. Many of the faculty are entrepreneurs, executives, academic experts and authors who hold executive positions in start-ups or multinationals and who have been published in top journals. Their know-how and market awareness make them perfect for bringing intellectual diversity and practical insights into the classroom, enabling students to deal with real-life and challenging situations.
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Director of Master in Business for Architecture and Design
Co-Founder at Bildia
Director of Master in Business for Architecture and Design
Co-Founder at Bildia
Jerónimo van Schendel is the Director of the Master in Business for Architecture and Design at IE School of Architecture and Design.
He is a Spanish Architect, graduated from ETSAM in 2011 and Master in Architecture (M.Arch II) with Distinction, from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, since 2016.
He has worked with some of the most renowned architects in Spain such as Cruz y Ortiz, Rafael Moneo, and AS+, and is an IDEO SF CoLab Fellow 2016 (IoT & Blockchain Innovation Lab). After serving as Office Manager at Ábalos + Sentkiewicz AS+, with several projects in Spain, China and Latin América, he started a new professional endeavor in 2020, founding and leading www.Bildia.com a platform for integrated procurement in construction.
His teaching and independent work is focused on identifying scalable entrepreneurship opportunities in the intersection of design, AEC, and technology, mainly through platform business models.
Corporate Experience
• Co-Founder and Director of Bildia, from 2020
• In the past: worked in different renowned architect firms in Spain (Cruz y Ortiz, Rafael Moneo, and AS+, among others)
• IDEO SF CoLab Fellow 2016 (IoT & Blockchain Innovation Lab)
Academic Experience
• Director of the Master in Business for Architecture and Design
• Adjunct Professor in different programs at IE School of Architecture and Design
Academic Background
• Architect. ETSAM, Madrid, 2011
• MArch II. Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2016

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Strategy Fundamentals
Management Skills


Partner and managing director at Modelical, Organizer of Algomad
Buiding Information Management
Technology Management


Board Member and Director at BOOSTER Space Industries and AERDRON. Associate professor at the IE Business School.
Virtual Collaboration

Communication and marketing executive and Founder of Speak & Span
Presentation and Communication



Owner and Managing Director of Docensas
Marketing Fundamentals
Architecture Venture Lab

Member of Board of Vesenda.
Managing Director of Mount Flag Capital
Financial Planning
Architecture Venture Lab

Senior Architect and Project Director at IDOM. Architecture Venture Lab
Architecture Venture Lab

Air Nostrum Chief Operating Officer
Negotiation and Decision Making


Associate Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design
Ph.D, Sociology
Sociology and Culture






Professor in Different Insitutions
Psychology and User Center Design
Research Techniques
Ethnography
Value Creation Through Design
